{"id":7120,"date":"2016-02-11T10:10:13","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T16:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/?p=7120"},"modified":"2016-02-09T15:12:21","modified_gmt":"2016-02-09T21:12:21","slug":"great-river-road-to-be-signed-like-other-iowa-byways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/2016\/02\/great-river-road-to-be-signed-like-other-iowa-byways\/","title":{"rendered":"Great River Road to be signed like other Iowa byways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I travel the whole thing and THEN it gets new pretty signs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7121\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/GRRsignHF.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/GRRsignHF.jpg 400w, http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/GRRsignHF-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><br \/>\n<em><strong>May 14, 2010:<\/strong> The current style of Great River Road shields in Iowa is a square smaller than square highway shields. This is at the <a href=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/ends\/ia364.html\">north end of old IA 364 in Harpers Ferry<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When the Iowa DOT introduced a &#8220;graphic identity&#8221; for the state&#8217;s 10 official scenic byways plus the Lincoln Highway in 2010, the Great River Road was left out, perhaps because it already had a unique shield. Wisconsin and Illinois use Great River Road shields equal in size to regular highway signs, but Iowa&#8217;s were smaller.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of last year, the DOT had a sign letting to replace every Great River Road sign with a larger one matching the new scenic byway style. The GRR logo will be centered in a larger black rectangle with a rounded top and the words &#8220;National Scenic Byway&#8221; underneath.<\/p>\n<p>The DOT&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iowadot.gov\/traffic\/manuals\/pdf\/02g-01.pdf\">byway-signing manual is available online (PDF)<\/a>, with two recent and important changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The arrows that go under highway shields will now <em>all<\/em> be 21 inches by 15 inches, conforming to the latest standards in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. This is <em>three inches shorter<\/em> in width than a square shield (24&#215;24), which will annoy me to no end. Arrow shapes that until now have been squares and the &#8220;ahead&#8221; arrow, which had been interchangeable with left\/right arrows (<a href=\"http:\/\/iowahighwayends.net\/ends\/ia96.html\">see the IA 96 page<\/a>\u00a0for examples of all of these), will be squeezed into this new shape.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Beginning with the 2016 construction season, the Iowa DOT will require Perforated Square Steel Tube (PSST) posts for new sign installations.&#8221; That means no more wood, which again, is a change from what&#8217;s been used in Iowa since forever. I think the metal poles look flimsier than wood, but they may be better in windy conditions because they&#8217;re more flexible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I travel the whole thing and THEN it gets new pretty signs. May 14, 2010: The current style of Great River Road shields in Iowa is a square smaller than square highway shields. 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